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[95] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 29 March 1823
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Reference number
SM Vol 48/22
Purpose
[95] Survey, Court of Exchequer, 29 March 1823
Aspect
Elevation of a thirteenth-century two-light window and adjacent openings on the main (first) floor of the Court of Exchequer, with section of wall beneath
Scale
to a rough scale
Inscribed
Elevation of a Window in the Court of Exchequer / x / springing / Bricks dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 29/03/1823
March 29th / 1823.
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pink wash, pen, on wove paper bound in volume (211 x 272)
Hand
Arthur Patrick Mee (1802 - 1868), draughtsman
The Day Book entry for 29 March 1823 notes that Arthur Mee was Making Sketches of the old / Courts at Westminster.
The Day Book entry for 29 March 1823 notes that Arthur Mee was Making Sketches of the old / Courts at Westminster.
Notes
This window shown in this drawing, of which only the barred right-hand light may be open, appears stylistically contemporaneous with the earlier recorded Exchequer buildings on this site, dating from the reign of Henry III. Under a two-centred arch are two trefoil-headed lights, beneath a plate-tracery quatrefoil. The hood moulding is terminated by head stops. An elevation of the wall surrounding this window is given in SM Vol 48/24. This drawing records its (original) external face. Colvin locates this window in the west wall of the Court in light of the comparative survey by John Buckler in 1822 (Colvin, 1966, pp.38-39, Figs 69-71).
Literature
Colvin, 1966, p.39, Fig. 71.
Level
Drawing
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This catalogue of Soane’s designs for the New Law Courts was generously funded by The Worshipful Company of Mercers and The Pilgrim Trust.
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